"Right to speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution is undoubtedly a valuable constitutional guarantee; but in the context of a special statute such as the NDPS Act
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"If the report is taken into consideration the roots, stems and the branches to come to the conclusion the weight of the substance the same would
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Calcutta High Court, in a significant ruling, held that a Trial Court cannot grant a temporary injunction in a suit for specific performance without addressing serious
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"It is the settled position of law that no particular form/format has been prescribed for a proposed resolution. The intention of the requisitionists has to be gathered
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"If the witnesses had the opportunity to see the accused before the TIP, be it in any form i.e. physically, through photographs or via media,
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"In Mihir Rajesh Shah’s case, the Hon’ble Supreme Court categorically held that inadequacy of grounds of arrest would confer rights to seek bail, but only
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"At the stage of granting leave under Section 92 CPC, the Court does not decide the rights of parties and no right is adjudicated. The
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"In absence of the certificate under Section 65B(4) of the Evidence Act or Section 63(4) of the BSA, the Court cannot take decision in regards to
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"Section 102 is not, per se, an enabling provision by which the police officer acts to seize the property to do justice and to hand over
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"Since the urbanization of the area where the Suit Property is located happened in the year 1954, i.e., prior to Notification of the Delhi Rent
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"Power to strike off the defence under Order XV Rule 5 CPC, though couched in mandatory terms, is not to be exercised mechanically. The Court
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"Rules of procedure are the handmaid of justice and not its mistress. In the present context, the strict interpretation would defeat justice," Supreme Court, in
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"Contractual benefit of reimbursement of medical expenses as a result of this policy is, therefore, independent of any other claim. The provisions of the
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"The movement of gas via common carrier does not change the nature of sale to disentitle the benefit of Section 3 of the CST Act...
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"Section 6(5) of the H.S. Act is a saving clause, not a jurisdictional bar. It saves valid, completed partitions from the retroactive reach of the
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"Principle of res judicata applies also as between two stages in the same litigation to this extent that a court... having at an earlier stage
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"Justice does not permit permanent incarceration of an individual in the shadow of their worst act," Supreme Court, in a significant ruling dated May 15,
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"There is distinction between facta probanda (the facts required to be proved i.e. material facts) and facta probantia (the facts by means of which they
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"Even if the transaction is named as 'loan', it would not take it out of the scope of the term 'deposit' as defined. Nomenclature of
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"The individual persons like respondents herein accepting the deposit and fraudulently defaulting become a 'Financial Establishment' within the definition of Section 2(d) of the Act,
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"Power to strike off the defence under Order XV Rule 5 CPC, though couched in mandatory terms, is not to be exercised mechanically. The Court
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"Rules of procedure are the handmaid of justice and not its mistress. In the present context, the strict interpretation would defeat justice," Supreme Court, in
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"Contractual benefit of reimbursement of medical expenses as a result of this policy is, therefore, independent of any other claim. The provisions of the
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"The movement of gas via common carrier does not change the nature of sale to disentitle the benefit of Section 3 of the CST Act...
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"Section 6(5) of the H.S. Act is a saving clause, not a jurisdictional bar. It saves valid, completed partitions from the retroactive reach of the
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"Principle of res judicata applies also as between two stages in the same litigation to this extent that a court... having at an earlier stage
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"Justice does not permit permanent incarceration of an individual in the shadow of their worst act," Supreme Court, in a significant ruling dated May 15,
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"There is distinction between facta probanda (the facts required to be proved i.e. material facts) and facta probantia (the facts by means of which they
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"Even if the transaction is named as 'loan', it would not take it out of the scope of the term 'deposit' as defined. Nomenclature of
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"The individual persons like respondents herein accepting the deposit and fraudulently defaulting become a 'Financial Establishment' within the definition of Section 2(d) of the Act,
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"This was, thus, not a case of mere reference to an earlier agreement but a case where the parties to the later contract clearly intended to
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"Discrepancies and inconsistencies in the testimony of a related or interested witness will have to be viewed in such context, and more particularly when other
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"Passed-out students cannot be allowed the benefit of a windfall or a bonanza merely by dint of the interim orders passed by this Court... it
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" Appellant, if unsuitable for appointment, could not have been recommended even on a contract basis for a period of twelve months. To justify a
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"But we do not think that the notional income of a student undergoing a Degree course in Engineering from a premier institute should be taken
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"Ability to understand and be understood in one’s own language is not a matter of convenience, but a matter of existential rights, for comprehension must
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"Ability to understand and be understood in one’s own language is not a matter of convenience, but a matter of existential rights, for comprehension must
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"Direction not to file the charge sheet in reference of judgment in the case of Pradnya Pranjal Kulkarni is wholly unjust as the facts are
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"Signed order is what embodies the final unalterable opinion of the Court, it is the only version of the Court’s order which is reached after multiple
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"A well-educated and professionally qualified woman cannot be expected to be confined within the rigid boundaries of matrimonial obligations alone. Marriage does not eclipse her
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"Right to speedy trial under Article 21 of the Constitution is undoubtedly a valuable constitutional guarantee; but in the context of a special statute such as the NDPS Act
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"If the report is taken into consideration the roots, stems and the branches to come to the conclusion the weight of the substance the same would
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Calcutta High Court, in a significant ruling, held that a Trial Court cannot grant a temporary injunction in a suit for specific performance without addressing serious
read more
"It is the settled position of law that no particular form/format has been prescribed for a proposed resolution. The intention of the requisitionists has to be gathered
read more
"If the witnesses had the opportunity to see the accused before the TIP, be it in any form i.e. physically, through photographs or via media,
read more
"In Mihir Rajesh Shah’s case, the Hon’ble Supreme Court categorically held that inadequacy of grounds of arrest would confer rights to seek bail, but only
read more
"At the stage of granting leave under Section 92 CPC, the Court does not decide the rights of parties and no right is adjudicated. The
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"In absence of the certificate under Section 65B(4) of the Evidence Act or Section 63(4) of the BSA, the Court cannot take decision in regards to
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"Section 102 is not, per se, an enabling provision by which the police officer acts to seize the property to do justice and to hand over
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"Since the urbanization of the area where the Suit Property is located happened in the year 1954, i.e., prior to Notification of the Delhi Rent
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"Under Section 138 of the NI Act, in case of issuance of cheque from joint accounts, a joint account-holder cannot be prosecuted unless the cheque
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"Extraordinary reliefs sought by the petitioners, involving fiercely disputed questions of title and the stifling of a valid criminal probe, cannot be granted under writ
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"Provisions of Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure having serious ramifications qua the right of the accused concerning his presence in the criminal trial proceedings
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"Keeping the accused behind bars is nothing but amounts to pre-trial conviction and therefore, considering the celebrated principle of bail jurisprudence is that 'bail is
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"A person released on bail is already in constructive custody of law and if the law requires him to come back to custody for some
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"A lie spoken a thousand times does not become the truth, just as intimidation clothed as legitimate criticism does not become immune from the law of
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"Suppresio veri suggestio falsi would disentitle a party from obtaining discretionary relief. Even if a party has some semblance of a legal right, but its
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"Mere failure on the part of the Appellant to deposit the amount... cannot in the facts of the present case, operate to non-suit the Appellant or deprive
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"Insurance Company failed to prove that there is no driving license to the driver of the offending vehicle. Therefore, this Court finds that the 2nd respondent -
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"If the Detaining Authority had been really and genuinely satisfied after proper application of mind... it would have acted with greater promptitude in securing the
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In the contemporary landscape of the Indian criminal justice system, DNA profiling has transitioned from a "novelty" to the "gold standard" of forensic evidence. However, for
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Possession is the law’s most practical concept. Before a court reaches the higher question—“who is the owner?”—it often asks the simpler, urgent question—“who is in possession, and
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Appreciating evidence in civil litigation requires adherence to strict principles under the Indian Evidence Act, the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), and binding judicial precedents. Courts
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In the world of law, the doctrine of Res Judicata serves as a cornerstone for upholding judicial efficiency and finality. Res judicata, meaning "a matter already judged,"
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"Copyright law, a delicate balance of protecting creativity while fostering innovation." – Indian Judiciary- Introduction: Safeguarding Creativity Through the Copyright Act
In a world
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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